Systems Engineer

Tower Research Capital is a leading quantitative trading firm founded in 1998. Tower has built its business on a high-performance platform and independent trading teams. We have a 25 year track record of innovation and a reputation for discovering unique market opportunities.

Tower is home to some of the worlds best systematic trading and engineering talent. We empower portfolio managers to build their teams and strategies independently while providing the economies of scale that come from a large global organization.

Engineers thrive at Tower while developing electronic trading infrastructure at a world class level. Our engineers solve challenging problems in the realms of low-latency programming FPGA technology hardware acceleration and machine learning. Our ongoing investment in top engineering talent and technology ensures our platform remains unmatched in terms of functionality scalability and performance.

At Tower every employee plays a role in our success. Our Business Support teams are essential to building and maintaining the platform that powers everything we do combining market access data compute and research infrastructure with risk management compliance and a full suite of business services. Our Business Support teams enable our trading and engineering teams to perform at their best.

At Tower employees will find a stimulating results-oriented environment where highly intelligent and motivated colleagues inspire each other to reach their greatest potential.

Responsibilities

• Designing supporting and operating HPC compute and storage infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments
• Maintaining and improving large-scale Linux systems spanning compute storage networking automation and monitoring
• Troubleshooting complex issues across OS storage networking and cluster scheduling layers in collaboration with other infrastructure teams
• Managing and optimizing batch and containerized workloads across diverse compute resources (CPU and GPU)
• Developing operating and improving cloud infrastructure across various providers such as GCP AWS and Azure
• Building and maintaining HPC management tools user access modules and internal libraries
• Developing metrics and observability pipelines analyze system performance and drive improvements in cluster utilization and efficiency
• Managing code deployments upgrades fixes and infrastructure lifecycle processes
• Identifying manual or repetitive workflows and design automation to improve reliability and user experience
• Staying current with emerging hardware and software technologies relevant to HPC storage and cloud infrastructure

Qualifications

• A bachelors degree or higher in computer science engineering or a related field
• 15 years of relevant experience in Linux systems DevOps HPC or infrastructure engineering
• Strong understanding of Linux internals (process scheduling virtual memory filesystems networking)
• Experience with batch schedulers such as Slurm or HTCondor is a plus
• Experience with distributed or networked storage systems (e.g. NFS Weka or object storage)
• Experience with at least one major cloud provider (GCP AWS or Azure)
• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code and configuration management tools such as Ansible Terraform or Salt
• Strong scripting or programming skills in Python GO or Bash scripting
• Hands-on experience with container technologies such as Docker/Podman and Kubernetes
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP Ethernet)
• Working knowledge of hardware and server components
• Strong troubleshooting skills with a bias toward automation and operational excellence
• Clear communication skills and a strong focus on end-user experience

Nice to Have

• Experience managing GPU-based compute platforms
• Exposure to CI/CD systems and release automation
• Experience operating hybrid on-prem cloud HPC environments
• Interest in performance tuning scalability and systems optimization

Benefits

Towers headquarters are in the historic Equitable Building right in the heart of NYCs Financial District and our impact is global with over a dozen offices around the world.

At Tower we believe work should be both challenging and enjoyable. That is why we foster a culture where smart driven people thrive without the egos. Our open concept workplace casual dress code and well-stocked kitchens reflect the value we place on a friendly collaborative environment where everyone is respected and great ideas win.

Our benefits include:

• Generous paid time off policies
• Savings plans and other financial wellness tools available in each region
• Hybrid working opportunities
• Free breakfast lunch and snacks daily
• In-office wellness experiences and reimbursement for select wellness expenses (e.g. gym personal training and more)
• Company-sponsored sports teams and fitness events (JPM Corporate Challenge Cycle for Survival Wall Street Rides FAR and more)
• Volunteer opportunities and charitable giving
• Social events happy hours treats and celebrations throughout the year
• Workshops and continuous learning opportunities

At Tower youll find a collaborative and welcoming culture a diverse team and a workplace that values both performance and enjoyment. No unnecessary hierarchy. No ego. Just great people doing great work together.

Tower Research Capital is an equal opportunity employer.